Employer · California

City of Carlsbad

Carlsbad, CA · ~1,320 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Carlsbad runs at 562% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Carlsbad: 18.0 TCR = 562% of industry BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Carlsbad safety composite

City of Carlsbad scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2019→2024

City of Carlsbad injury rate improved

City of Carlsbad's TCR fell 2.2 from 16.8 in 2019 to 14.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 23.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=16.8 · 2020=18.0 · 2021=19.8 · 2022=23.4 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=14.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Carlsbad, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 18.0 · 562% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #243/256
  • PHOTO City of Desert Hot S…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 826 inj
  • SIZE ~1,320 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Desert Hot Springs (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Carlsbad in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows City of Carlsbad averages 18.0 TCR (562% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

City of Carlsbad TCR series: 2019=16.8 · 2020=18 · 2021=19.8 · 2022=23.4 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=14.7 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Carlsbad falls in its industry

1,496 industry establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #243 safest of 256 industry employers in California.

City of Carlsbad (1,320 employees, TCR 18.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Carlsbad
City of Carlsbad (1,320 employees, TCR 18.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Carlsbad has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 14.7 5.5 138 1 0
2023 15.2 5.9 129 18 0
2022 23.4 13.9 122 96 0
2021 19.8 9.9 134 56 0
2020 18.0 6.8 162 20 0
2019 16.8 5.0 141 12 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · CA · Carlsbad

1,496 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Carlsbad, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR City of Desert Hot Springs 18.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Police Department 18.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Norwich: Public Works 18.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PUBLIC WORKS 18.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Composite Shop Sabre Springs 1,320 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-TRAC 1,320 FTE
STATE-SIZE WILLIE MAYS PLAZA GIANTS STADIUM OPERATIONS 1,320 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 405 1,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thermo Fisher Scientific 2,234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legoland California Resort 2,055 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bergelectric Corp. CA 1,520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) Remote Employees 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR DeKalb Fire Department 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gowen Enterprises Inc., DBA Big John Trailers 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Madrid Home 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Camilla Hall Nursing Home 18.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minnesota - World Headquarters 1,320 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nation Pizza & Foods (Schaumburg) 1,320 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indiana University Health West Hospital 1,320 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oriental Center 1,321 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.